The Senate’s budget bill contains a dangerous element for unions of all kinds. The indiscriminate and growing exponential use of AI threatens workers’ jobs, from surveillance and digital impersonation, to many other egregious provisions. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has joined with the AFL-CIO and 18 other national labor unions to try and block this part of the bill. The bill would ban states themselves for passing or enforcing legislated AI protections. IATSE in particular came to attention as one of the first unions to bring this cause to the fore in May 2025.
Read the full story by AI news published June 20, 2025, here: https://iatse.net/iatse-joins-afl-cio-call-to-strike-reckless-ban-on-state-ai-policy-from-budget-reconciliation-bill/?link_id=0&can_id=c391694fd8b02fc3ccce6d9b77243167&source=email-weekly-newsletter-6132025-2&email_referrer=email_2783655&email_subject=weekly-newsletter-6202025
